September 07 2008
The Indonesian Guest Worker From Magelang Had to Eat Sand
One of the Indonesian guest workers from Magelang, Central Java, had experienced violence from her employer. She had not already received her salary for one year. She was also hit, forced to eat detergent and sand by her employer.
Pujianti was making escape when her employer received the call in second floor. She leaved her employer’s house and walked down the stream. And then she met the another Indonesian guest workers. He gave her food and brought her to the police.
She just prosecute her rights. She wanted her employer gave her salary. She admitted that she did not want to work in Malaysia again. She said that it was the first and the last she worked in Malaysia.
Head of Service and Supervision of Indonesian guest workers in Malaysia, Amirudin, said that his party would be asking the agency which was departed her to Malaysia. He also said that he would be asking her employer too to help Pujianti get her rights. Malaysian police have already arrested her employer now.

